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>>>in washington, an effort to investigate an effort by the obama administration to create
green jobs
. this one went bad. a
solar energy
company championed by the president himself received half a billion in government loans and then it went bankrupt last month. today, republicans were looking for answers here. the story from our senior investigative correspondent
lisa myers
.

>> reporter: the president visited the company solyndra last year, hailing it as a stimulus success story.

>>the true engine of economic growth will always be companies like solyndra.

>> reporter: today the company is bankrupt. 1,100 workers laid off. taxpayers stand to lose as much as $500 million.

>>i think everyone must agree that there is some scandal involved in this.

>> reporter: house republicans today hammered the
white house
, revealing e-mails which suggest the administration was in a hurry to provide taxpayer money despite
red flags
about the company's viability.

>>yeah. there was pressure. but it was pressure applied in pushing this thing out the door.

>> reporter: just days before the deal was approved, a staffer warns that one model shows the project runs out of cash in september
2011
, which it did. another questioned the government's assumptions but said given the
time pressure
we are under to sign off on solyndra, we don't have time to change the model. why the rush? e-mails showed the
white house
wanted the vice president to announce a final deal the next week, which he did. still, administration officials insist everything was handled properly.

>>due diligence was done across multiple years.

>> reporter: they blame the collapse on market conditions which caused solar prices to plummet this year.

>>at the
end of the day
, the taxpayer loses
big time
. it stinks to high heaven.

>> reporter: still, the
white house
argues it was a necessary risk for the u.s. to compete in a
high techglobal economy
.
lisa myers
, nbc news, washington.